Slip cover



March 17, 1925.

E. B. NATHAN SLIP COVER Filed June 25, 1925 R m N w W.

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B. NATHAN, @F MGUNT VERNON, NEW. YORK.

SLIP covnn.

Application filed June 23, 1923. Serial No. 647,242.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that EDWIN B. NATHAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slip Covers, of which the following is ,a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in slip covers, and more particularly to slip covers for automobile seat cushions.

One object of the invention is to provide a slip cover of the character described which when in position will lie smooth and not become wrinkled or mussed in use.

A further object is to provide a cover of the character described which shall be adapted to various sizes and shapes of cushion.

A still further object is to provide a cover of the character described which shall be neat and simple in construction, comparatively cheap to manufacture, and which may be readily fitted over and removed from the cushion.

. Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter'described and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing my improved cover in'position on a seat cushion;

Fig. 2} is a fragmentary perspective view showings the same cover in position on a cushion of different dimensions;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the construction and arrangement shown in Fig. l "but taken from a different view point;

Fig. 4 1s a view H1 transverse section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view on a reduced scale of the blank fromwhichthe cover is made.

1 re resents a seat cushion and 2 my improve slip cover thereon.

The cover is composed of any desired flexible material, preferably cut from a single piece and shaped to form a pocket 3 at one edge. When used as a seat cushion cover this pocket 3is at the forward edge and encloses the forward portion of the cushion,

extending around the ends and along the bottom of the cushion as well as over the top.

The width and length of the main portion i of the cover is suflicient in area to 'com pletely cover the top 4;, the rear side 4 the front side 4 and the front bottom portion 4 of the cushion as shown in Fig. l. The pocket 3 extends around the back of the cushion and has sufficient overlap at its edges to provide ample accommodation for eyelets 5 through which a cord or other lacer 6 is positioned and securely tied at the bot- 7 tom of the cushion to hold the cover taut 7 and prevent wrinkling.

If the cushion be thicker and narrower than thatshown in Fig. 1, the cover will function equally well as indicated in Fig. 2, the material of the pocket being drawn together to the extent necessary to make a snug fit, as hereinafter described. The construction thus allows for some variation in size of cushion so as to permit use of the same size of cover with different dimensions of cushions. This not only results in economy' to the manufacturer but greatly simplifies the trade supply. I

In constructing the cover, I employ a blank A. such as shown in Fig. 5. This blank is formed near one end withoutward- 1y projecting tabs B and at opposite sides of each tab recesses C are cut into the sides of the blank the walls of said recesses farthest removed from the tabs G being convexo ly curved as clearly shown, so that when the edges of the recessed portion are sewed or otherwise secured to the tabs, a pocket such as above described is formed havin the necessary rounded corners to proper y fit the g cushion. i V

In operation, the pocket 3 is slipped over the front edge of the cushion l and the main portion 4 drawn smooth and tight over the top and back of the cushion. The lacer 6 is then positioned through the eyelets 5 and drawn tight and fastened as by a knot.

As is well known, cushions of this type are placed in position by first insertin the forward edge of the cushion back of a edge 0:; p

and then the rear of the cushion is forced downwardly into place. This results in binding the forward and lower portion of the cover so it cannot slip and will be held smooth and taut. It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various ossible embodiments might be made of the a ove invention and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A. slip cover composed of a single blank of flexible material comprising the top, bottom 15 and side portions of the cover when applied to a cushlon, said side portions being located near one end of the blank between the topand bottom portions, tabs projecting from opposite ends of the side portion beyond the 20 top and bottom portions and having straight edges, the top and bottom portions having curved edges adjacent said straight edges and merging into the same so that when said cover is applied to a cushion a round cor- 25 nered pocket is formed to receive the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

. EDWIN B. NATHAN. 

